permaculture: 1/18 of 18
Connecting the Dots: the Big Permaculture Picture
April 24th, 2013
by Jeremy Wickremer
Jeremy Wickremer explains why he believes permaculture offers multiple answers to societal and environmental problems in a beautifully simple and effective way. more...
Ireland's 'Grow it Yourself' self-help food growing community coming to the UK
Rebecca Campbell
16th May, 2012
Grow It Yourself is a popular community organisation with a vision of bringing people together in a sustainable and healthier way through organic food growing. Now it has plans to launch further afield in the UK more...
Top 10... organic seed suppliers
Mark Briggs
13th April, 2012
As the weather heats up, gardeners’ thoughts are turning towards seeds. We round up the top spots to pick up organic, ethically produced seeds more...
Top 10… self-sustainability courses and workshops
Tom Antebi
13th May, 2011
Be it chicken keeping, foraging or organic gardening, if it's the good life you want, there’s a course out there for you. Tom Antebi rounds up some of the best more...
Growing without water: how to garden in a drought
Andy Hamilton
27th July, 2010
Summer in the garden is beautiful, but hauling gallons of water from the kitchen tap to your beds is neither fun nor sustainable. Here's some tips on how to drought-proof your plot more...
Creating a Forest Garden: working with nature to grow edible crops
Martin Crawford
27th April, 2010
Excerpts from the new book telling you everything you need to know about this novel way to grow edible crops - where nature does most of the work for you. more...
Kitchen gardening: an A to Z
Review by Alex McDonald; book extract by Emma Cooper
15th April, 2010
A is for allotments; B is for brocolli; C is for climate change... and U is for urine. 'The Alternative Kitchen Garden: an A-Z' is a companion for both inexperienced and expert gardeners more...
A beginner's guide to permaculture gardening
Laura Laker
30th March, 2010
Don't get stumped by the name: permaculture is a simple, vital tool for food growers and gardeners alike more...
The community-owned, timber-framed, self-heating village shop
Maddy Harland
26th January, 2010
In an economic climate where village shops are closing, woodsman Ben Law has helped his village open a new shop with a difference more...
10 resources for better food growing
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Food and farming is in crisis but there is hope for the future - from organics and Slow Food to permaculture and land share schemes more...
CASE STUDY: sustainable uses for gluts of autumn apples
Jan Goodey
8th October, 2009
An innovative Lottery-funded 'Scrumping Project' in Brighton and Hove is bringing rare apples back into the community more...
What's next for Transition Towns?
Leo Hickman
8th June, 2009
It has grown from a local to a global phenomenon, but how does the Transition Movement keep itself relevant in the current political and economic climate? more...
permaculture: 1/18 of 18
Inspiring solutions are out there, you just have to look
Jeremy Smith
25th October, 2009
The 350.org events last Saturday on the International Day of Climate Action give us cause for hope. As Jeremy Smith is discovering, there are thousands of inspiring stories out there about people making a difference more...
Africa doesn't need a green revolution. It needs agroecology
Dan Taylor
23rd September, 2009
Green Revolution architect Norman Borlaug is credited with 'feeding India'. But the feat took more than hybrid varieties and fertiliser, and it will take a much more sophisticated approach to help Africa feed itself more...
The 300-350 Show: Ricardo Navarro
Phil England
15th July, 2009
Fed up with waiting for global climate negotiations, a growing Movement of Climate Change Affected Peoples is tackling the problem head on with permacultural and low-tech solutions. Phil England speaks to Goldman Prize winner Ricardo Navarro about the movement... more...
Permaculture food growing in a suburban garden
Louise Parry
30th June, 2009
Michael and Julia Guerra grow 250kg of food in their tiny suburban garden using permaculture techniques. Louise Parry finds out how more...
A Forest Garden Year
Mark Anslow
29th June, 2009
Leading UK expert in agro-forestry Martin Crawford shares his knowledge of permaculture forest gardens in this new DVD more...
Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toensmeier
Clive Dennis
1st July, 2008
Hardy, long-lived and self-sufficient, perennial vegetables are a gardener’s dream. From rhubarb to the air potato, they are a gift that keeps on giving more...Members
ECOLOGIST COOKIES
Using this website means you agree to us using simple cookies.
FOLLOW
THE ECOLOGIST
